Anthony boelofs



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANTHONY ROELOFS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

T'oY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 282,778, dated August'7, 1883.

Application filedv July 7, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTHONY RoELoEs, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented an ImprovedrIoy, of which the following is a specication.

2, alongitudinal section of the same, and Fig..

3 a transverse section of Fig. I.

Aisaplatform, suitably mounted on springs B, carried by axles D,whichare furnished with wheels E, the rear end of the platform having aprojecting handle, F, by means of which it can be readily pushed along.The upper surface 'of the platform is carved and painted or otherwiseprepared in imitation of waves, and in the platformis a central opening,a, in which is set the hull G of a vessel, which may be of any desiredcla-ss, either sail or steam, this hull being pivoted to the platformbya transverse pin, b. the wheels E -turn thereon; but the rear axle issecured to and turns with the rear Wheels, and is furnished with a cam,J, which acts upon the hull of the vessel, as shown in Fig. 2, so thatas the platform is pushed forward the cam is caused to rotateandarocking movenient is imparted to the said hull, thus producing theeffect of a vessel tossing upon the seafan effect which is still furtherenhanced if the lower portion of the hull is painted of a differentcolor from the upper portion-so that as the hull is rocked this lowerportion will dip below and rise above the wave-like upper surface of theplatform A.

The front axle is xed andV Vhen the vessel is madeto represent asteamboat, an arrangement of belts and pul- `leys may be u sed foroperating the walkingbeam, and when a war-vessel is represented simplegearing operated by the rear axle may be employed to cause the turningof a turret.

Instead of a cam, a crank on the rear aXle may be connected to the hullof the vessel, and

rin some cases the hull may be universally pivoted, and a second crankor cam may be used hull by the deck-piece f. A short strip, g, issecured to the hull for the action of the cam J.

The handle F may be secured to the front end of the platform A, so thatthe latter can be pulled instead of pushed along.

I claim as my invention- 1. The within-described toy, in which aplatform, A, mounted upon wheels, provided with ahandle, and having anopening, a, formed in it, is combined with a hull, G, pivoted in saidopening, and with mechanism, substantially as described, whereby arocking motion is imparted to said hull when the platform is movedforward, as set forth.

2. The hull G, composed of the opposite side strips, d, of paper, thestern-piece e, and deckpiece f, as set forth.

l In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ANTHONY ROELOFS.

Witnesses: c

HARRY L. AsHENEELTER, HARRY SMITH.

'piece of wood, e, of the proper shape at the stern, the desired formbeing imparted to the Y

